Master’s degree
Master Architectuur
Master of Architecture
Rotterdamse Academie van Bouwkunst · Rotterdamse Academie van Bouwkunst · Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Official award
- Masteropleiding architectuurMSc
- Pathway
- ProfessionalStated for Netherlands
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
A Dutch-language master's in which students combine design studios and theory teaching with a relevant job in practice. Admission uses a portfolio and an interview.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- Rotterdamse Academie van Bouwkunst
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Qualification and professional pathway
Pathway is classified only from a statement on an official page. A degree title such as B.Arch, BA, BSc, M.Arch or MSc does not decide it, and no degree by itself grants permission to practise as an architect.
- Degree level
- Master’s degreeA postgraduate degree. Entry requirements differ widely: some accept graduates of any subject, others require a prior architecture degree.
- Pathway
- Professional pathwayThe program itself is a professionally accredited or validated degree in the stated jurisdiction, as shown by the source quoted on the page. Further steps are normally still required before registration.
- Why we classify it this way
- The academy states graduates can register directly in the architects' register; the register lists the programme.“kunnen zich direct inschrijven bij het Architectenregister als architect”Source
- Previous architecture degree required
- Not published
- Applicants without an architecture degree
- Not published
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional recognition, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and eligibility toward registration are different things; none of them is full professional registration.
Verified in official recordArchitectenregister (Dutch Register of Architects)Eligibility toward registrationFull statusNL
Scope: Academie van Bouwkunst Rotterdam, Masteropleiding Architectuur
Further requirements: Two-year professional experience period (beroepservaringperiode) after the master's, unless an exemption applies.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Part-time
- Duration
- Not published
- Internship or placement
- A job in a relevant workplace is required during the master (practice component).
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Rotterdamse Academie van Bouwkunst
Teaching language
- Taught in
- Dutch
- English
- Not taught in EnglishAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
- Published language requirements
- Dutch at B2 level (havo) is required; non-native speakers need an NT2 certificate.
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Portfolio required
- Interview
- Interview required
- Previous qualification
- HBO or WO bachelor in bouwkunde, or HBO bachelor in spatial design/interior architecture plus a pre-master architecture & technology; foreign degrees recognised by EP-Nuffic.
- Documents
- Portfolio (pdf), transcript, brief CV, motivation
- Official instructions
- Application instructions
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether studio, materials, printing, software, equipment and field-trip costs are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, duration, intakes, whether a previous architecture degree is required.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 19 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 19 October 2026)